Chapter 1 - Percy POV:
Mid-autumn sunlight streamed through the cracks in the blinds of my bedroom window in my apartment in New Athens. Annabeth, my girlfriend, was sitting by the bed. "Were you watching me sleep?" I asked her. All she said was "You still drool in your sleep! I thought you would have outgrown that by now!
I groaned and pulled the sheets up over my head. "Just a few more minutes…" I mumbled, almost half-asleep again.
"Percy!" Annabeth said, exasperatedly. She pulled the blankets off me, her blonde princess curls cascading down her shoulders like a sun-struck golden waterfall. Her piercing gray eyes stared me in the face. "You have ten minutes to get dressed and ready. Chiron called us to the Big House. He said that it is really important, so hurry up!"
I grabbed my bright orange Camp Half-Blood t-shirt and a pair of jeans and raced into the bathroom. When I came out, Annabeth was standing by the door.
"Come on, Seaweed Brain! She said.
"Okay, okay! I'm coming."
I made sure Riptide was in my pocket, and then Annabeth grabbed my hand and dragged me out the door.
As we walked through the streets of New Athens, everyone smiled and waved at us. Well, mostly at Annabeth. It was probably because she designed the whole city.
See, after the whole war with Gaea, we stayed in Camp Jupiter, in the city of New Rome, which was the place for Roman demigods and legacies to grow up, go to college, and raise their families. Annabeth decided we needed a demigod city in Camp Half-Blood too, so she designed New Athens. It took two months worth of strawberry crops (thanks, Dionysus' kids!), but it was finally built.
The older, more experienced demigods live in New Athens. The younger demigods live in the cabins at Camp Half-Blood. Annabeth and I train the young demigods. Annabeth still teaches Ancient Greek, and I train them at swordfighting so they can survive quests.
The Big House loomed into view. Chiron paced the ground outside. Then he glanced up.
"Ah, Annabeth, Percy. Thank you for hurrying over."
"We came as soon as we heard, sir," Annabeth said.
"Heard what?" I was really confused.
Chiron led us inside. We sat down, around the Ping Pong table. He walked out and brought in a young boy, who looked about 10 years old.
His shirt was scorched, his dark brown hair was disheveled, and his multicolored eyes looked really weary.
"Um, what?" I asked. I mean, yeah, it was a boy. He was a demigod, obviously, because he was able to come into camp.
Chiron pulled me to the side of the room. "Percy, he was found wandering around at the bottom of the Empire State Building."
"So?"
"He has no parents. No mortal parents, that is. He is a godling."
"What?!" Annabeth took off her magical Yankees cap and she appeared next to me.
"Who are his parents?" I asked.
"We don't know yet." Chiron replied.